Sonja Frisell's staging of Verdi's `Aida' ends its 35-year-run at Metropolitan Opera on Thursday. Sonja Frisell's staging of Verdi's `Aida' ends its 35-year-run at Metropolitan Opera on Thursday. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Sonja Frisell was a 9-year-old growing up in England when she saw still photos of “Caesar and Cleopatra,” a 1945 movie starring Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains. So began the path to her lavish staging of Verdi’s “Aida,” the second-most performed production in the Metropolitan Opera’s 140-year history. “I don’t expect anybody to remember the name Sonja Frisell in 100 years,” she said, “but I’m quite sure Verdi and Mozart will be remembered.”

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